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Carbon Pollution Fuels Superwarm January, Hottest 12 Months On Record
2016-02-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Hot on the heels of the hottest year on record globally, NASA reported Saturday last month was the hottest January on record - by far. January 2016 blew out the previous record for hottest January (2007) by nearly 0.3°F. In January the Arctic averaged a staggering 13.5°F (7.5°C) above average, leading to a new record low of Arctic sea ice extent for the month. There has never been as hot a 12-month period in NASA`s database as the previous 12 months (February 2015January 2016). This is using...
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Carbon tax is best climate change solution
2016-02-20 09:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Spokesman Review: Washingtonians have a historic opportunity to act on the issue of our time climate change. A groundswell of citizen support has put in front of legislators Initiative 732, a revenue neutral carbon tax that will leave our children and future generations a cleaner, healthier and safer world. It demonstrates what a pro-business and pro-environment approach to climate change can accomplish. But we must work together, and we must act now. This initiative is a great first step toward taking action on...
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Calgon Carbon posts lower profits for fourth quarter
2016-02-20 05:18:00| Chemicals - Topix.net
Calgon Carbon today reported lower profits for the fourth quarter and all of 2015, citing the strong U.S. dollar and the slowing global economy. The Moon environmental products and services firm recorded fourth-quarter net income of $7.7 million, or 15 cents per share, down 36 percent from year-ago levels.
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Whats ahead for carbon markets after COP21?
2016-02-19 00:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ICTSD: The new climate deal includes several provisions relevant to market-based emissions reductions efforts. At a UN conference in Paris, France in December countries agreed to a new framework for international cooperation on climate change. The Paris Agreement ties together nationally determined contributions (NDCs) with international rules and procedures to ensure transparency and promote rising ambition. Paris also provided a future for international market mechanisms as a tool for countries to...
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Diverse Paris climate targets create accounting headache for carbon markets -report
2016-02-18 10:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Carbon Pulse: The diversity of the pledges made by countries to the UN climate summit in Paris creates accounting challenges for carbon trading and might require international oversight, according to a Wuppertal Institute report. The Paris Agreement marked the first time nearly all countries took on national commitments to help battle climate change, goals known as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). But the pledges varied in nature: some were absolute GHG emission reductions, some were intensity-based...
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